just awful

Rating: 1/10 (5 February 2011)

6.9? How? HOW? First off, this movie is a 100% rip-off of an old cheesy B movie called Parts: The clonus horror. It's so similar, there's no way that this wasn't a rip off, but it's not like anyone expected Michael Bay to be original, right? The development of the story is a mess. It has a sudden and uncomfortable position from a slow paced sci-fi film in a dystopia to a fast paced action flick about running away from people.
We got a good cast. The acting's alright. Djimon Hounsou, a terrific actor, is completely wasted playing a mercenary without any true personality. Sean Bean plays a decent villain. Steve Buscemi doesn't have enough screen time. Ewan does his best. Scarlett doesn't do much.
I won't lie. This film does have a couple of good action scenes, but at the end of the day, I felt unsatisfied. I guess it's mainly because I felt rip-offed. I had already seen this movie. No, it's not the worst movie that Michael Bay has ever done, but it's still a bad movie. A couple decent action scenes can't make up for the movie's lack of any imagination, style, or wit.